Nobody is making profits. It is going to burst and it is going to take all those data centers with it. Keep your skills. Practice your crafts. Hold on to your books. Stay sharp.

Congrats to all the new assistant professors who got STEM jobs at R1 universities! Surprise, one-third of your work is now teaching writing to grad students who mostly avoided humanities and social science classes in undergrad. #AcademicSky

Red-winged blackbird singing the most lovely song.

Michelle Obama: "That's where the truth of this country lies. Not in grabbing as much as we can get for ourselves. Or knocking folks down to prop ourselves up. But in the overwhelming goodness, the relentless striving, the quiet dignity, that is inside all of us."

At the Banff Centre bar one of the writers was marvelling at how good the beer tasted & wondered if beer tastes better at a higher altitude (we were told of other effects like easier to get tipsy). The bartender looked & said, "I think it's because you're in Banff & doing the thing you love".

If you are a cis person just state your pronouns, or state the pronouns you'd like to use that day. He, she, they, it, xie, per, these are all fine. "Any pronoun is fine" is also fine if it's true. "My pronouns are sparkle/sunshine," fuck all the way off. Also, do not ever add "obviously."

Beach sunset.

Classic novels simply aren't relatable. Even contemporary literature is often about things I have never personally experienced. My preferred genre is autobiographical fiction that I have written myself

Great book for summer: Xochitl Gonzalez's Last Night in Brooklyn, audiobook narrated by Elizabeth Gonzalez (from OITNB). Hints of The Great Gatsby, lots of mid-2000s nostalgia, so much #Brooklyn love. #books #XochitlGonzalez www.brooklynpaper.com/xochitl-gonz...

I hate Illinois Nazis. And all the rest of them. Absolutely the fuck not with this KKK bullshit no. The white supremacists do not get to win this time / any time.

Pro-Palestine marches will openly be called "hate marches" in the press, but these arsonist pogroms, illustrated by a burned-out bus, are simply "disorder"

@tpgroberts.bsky.social is right; this is a pogrom. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

The first sentence of this review is, "Kylie Smith wrote an angry book." 1. The construction of that opening line is sexist AF. 2. It's sexist AF, but in an academic book review, it's unacceptable. 3. Everyone should be angry about racism in psychiatry. If you're not, that's a you problem.

We are serene.

So much winning!!! My bday package to my nephew was mailed from PA on 5/19; arrived in Denver 5/23; arrived in Reno 5/25 (where nephew lives!); in Sacramento 5/26; in Jersey City 5/28; in San Fran 5/31; in Reno 6/2; in Sacramento 6/2; in Jersey City 6/5; San Fran 6/7; & Reno 6/8. Will he get it???

CAPTAIN OF THE TITANIC: EVERYONE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET ICE AT A BULK DISCOUNT

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HAPPY PRIDE my friends!!

"The students who cannot read a 20-pg article today are the voters who will not be able to read a bill or the jurors who cannot follow a closing argument, tomorrow." The most important argument against AI in education is that it's incompatible with a free society. www.chronicle.com/article/my-s...

I use the internet on my home computer like God intended. My smartphone is my "internet pager" alerting me to things I need to do when I get home. Where the internet lives.

"Marjane Satrapi, the Iranian-French author whose graphic novel series “Persepolis” introduced millions of readers to the struggles of ordinary Iranians during the turbulent years around the Islamic Revolution, has died at 56." www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/w...

Rincón, PR

Every year for Pride, I repost Hue. I made him to send love and comfort to those who feel Pride isn’t for them because they aren’t out. You matter, you are valid, and it’s ok if you aren’t ready yet. Coming out is not a requirement for being part of this community. Happy Pride 🌈

Turtle sculpture made of ocean garbage at Crash Beach, PR

I'm really excited to share this piece with the world, after having it on my (physical) to-do list for *ages* (and on my mental to-do list for even longer)...! I'd love to hear your thoughts: How do *you* use your to-do list? engagedlearningcollective.substack.com/p/reconsider...

Beach sangria

I’m on a horse.

Old San Juan.

Time to relax…

between broken and whole scattered leaves of regret and loss swept away in the breeze #tanka #NaTankaMo #MayTanka

Apropos of fuck all, Angry Boner is a great name for a band

I’m trying to declutter my home office. I have so many “to read” books, some 20+ years in this supposed queue. Should I take them to the used bookstore to get them back into circulation or keep holding them? Genuine question. #books #toread

I would be remiss not to note here that the violence suffragists faced from hecklers and the police was part of what motivated many (especially the suffragettes in Britain) to study jiu-jitsu and boxing. #HATM

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Happiness is buying my doppelgänger bestie books for her birthday.

Capitalism builds you a life that you’ll need a permanent vacation from. And when you realize that, tearing down whats built around you to confine you so you can build yourself and others who will also need that vacation a better tomorrow doesn’t just feel nice… It feels like the right thing to do.

#VisibilityBrigade #pennsylvania #democracy #election #ballroom #rights #dday #gas @visibilitybrigade.bsky.social @rosaliewong.bsky.social @jesscraven101.bsky.social @emmatk.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social #jimcrow #midterms #impeach #war #boycott #fascism #billionaires #vote #slushfund

Enjoying the air conditioning

Granta’s statement on the AI story is kind of embarrassing?

Thing is though, as any writing prof could tell the luminaries at Granta, AI itself is NOT the most efficient tool we have for revealing what is AI generated

"Solidarity Now! Protect our communities" Mural seen in Seattle

Their entire business model is theft. Theft of intellectual property, theft of water, theft of electricity, theft of land.

#RacistRobertsCourt #RacistSCOTUS6 #CorruptSCOTUS6 #ImpeachSCOTUS6 #ExpandTheCourt