Or, roughly, staff for 29 university presses (not counting the always much higher salary for directors), figuring avg sal of $60k and 30 FTs per press. Regional variations, of course, and staff-size variations. But food for financial thought. Btw LSU has an excellent press.

I swear if that fuckface weirdo Rodgers winds up in the Super Bowl because the AFC is falling apart I am going to give TPTB an earful.

Welp this game is heading the way of the rest of my football day.

He announced her death in the Thanksgiving call to service members. I have no words.

The Greased Lightning Santa capital one commercial is wonderful. (And its after halftime of the Dallas game so its officially the Christmas season).

Endowing a faculty position runs about $2–3 million, in case you were wondering

" I do therefore invite my fellow citizens in every part of the United States, and also those who are at sea and those who are sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise ." —Abraham Lincoln, 1863

Not even yelling at the tv anymore. Just flipping off the Packers.

The only good Tesla(a) just scored.

NOT AMON RA!!!!

Finally using up my roll of quilting paper.

Flap flap flappin into Thanksgiving like 🪸🦃🪸 #southernstingray #stingraysofcoralcity #flapflap #stingray #thanksgiving #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity

Happy Thanksgiving. If they could take a moment to be thankful in the midst of war, we can take a moment in the midst of everything. Just like now some had to work that day. Be gracious to those working today. ko-fi.com/post/Thanksg...

Among the things I am thankful for is the courage and patriotism of all the federal workers who blew the whistle on agency policies that harm Americans, and those who support us. #CourageIsContagious Art by @drrabbithole.bsky.social

“NATO was built to fight only one war: to save free Europe from Russian aggression. Ukraine is the only country fighting this war — and we’re still discussing, ‘Should we include them or not?’ Ukraine is the only country fulfilling NATO’s destiny!” Can't thank Mr. Kasparov enough for these words 🙏

*small embarrassed voice* A little plug for my article on Devon book sales c. 1700, which has gone online open access. tl;dr book auctions weren't just a London/Oxbridge thing: a flourishing second-hand book market centred on Exeter included auctions from the 1680s. doi.org/10.1093/libr...

Happy Thanksgiving. I'm thankful for everyone on Bluesky putting up with my rants and musings.

You can’t tell me that in a world as small as DC no one but Ryan Lizza knew what was going on. And none of them said shit about it because they all like Trump and wanted to help him win. Complete elite failure and betrayal.

So let me get this straight, Biden was hounded for being "old" because someone who thought fucking RFK, Jr was a good idea said so?

I just feel awful for the National Guard troopers caught up in this. They’re just standing around looking bored all the time, but they have been made into a deliberate symbol by the Trump admin and that may have made them a target for this gunman.

✋STAY BACK✋ DC is volatile right now. Keep at least ten feet between you and any federal agents, including Park Police. If they tell you to step back, do it. Don’t let them close the gap. Stay with a buddy and check in and out with friends. ❤️

Wow, these are really cool too www.saltwire.com/atlantic-can...

I may be struggling to get a novel finished but my collection of humor stories is still on the market: www.amazon.com/Funny-Locati...

AND supporting your local library is super important! If you actually DO want books to be available to everyone, the library *already exists* and is staffed by the people who are deep in the trenches of fighting censorship! Supporting the library is doing actual good for your community!

A moon jellyfish eclipses the sun at the REEFLINE 🌕🪼🌞 x 🪸🚙🪸

The Lions offensive line just got a lot better, as one the game's greats will return -- Center Frank Ragnow is returning. Sounds like he's in shape and ready to roll sooner, rather than later. Happy Thanksgiving to the Lions.

Just out of curiousity and for no reason whatsoever - is there any statute of limitations on treason?

Oh yeah totall a custody battle. "self-deport so you never see your child again."

For the first time, it's possible to track individual Monarch butterflies on their journey south. Cellular Tracking Technologies developed a tiny chip used to geolocate butterflies on their epic flight all the way to Mexico. buff.ly/mrNJ5y9

If this account ever made you think or laugh or cry, CALL this number.

Image credit: Navyonline.com.

Olivia Nuzzi wrote an entire story based on unnamed sources about Biden's decline, reinvigorating calls for him to leave the race -- and the whole time, she was working on RFK Jr.'s behalf, according to her ex-fiance. newrepublic.com/article/2035...

Haven't received as many contributions as usual for this year's lists--could be many things, but one aspect is surely that our ability to get this in front of people is much diminished. If you know folks whose stuff should be on here, please suggest it! contingentmagazine.org/yearly-pub-l...

13 seconds of calm at Ram Island Ledge Lighthouse during sunrise by Drone

A roundtrip LAX-JFK flight in the late 60s was around $3K in today’s dollars. The people who wore suits on those flights were the people who regularly wore suits. Complaining about informally-dressed fliers is complaining that the wrong sorts of people are flying today.

At my usual lunch place. Thry started pouring my tea as doon as I walked in When the server delivered my burger he said "We don't do pickles on the side anymore." Me: as long as there's pickles I'm good." I think I even got extra pickles.

Nurse shark with an entourage of leatherjacks cruising through Coral City #nurseshark #leatherjack #sharksofcoralcity #entourage #cruising #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity

The Wall Street Journal just named THE GALES OF NOVEMBER: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald, one of its "Ten Books to Read: The Best Reviews of October." www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

It’s worth reading this article in full because it points out how while Epstein had a lot of friends, Thiel was one of the few he actually invested with.

Tis the season for holiday teas. And therefore this helpful warning is necessary. Many of these holiday flavors have barley in them. If you have to be gluten free, check the ingredients. Many a celiac has been taken down by a holiday tea.

Without ever getting reparations. RIP

There's quilt retreats, why aren't there history retreats? Where we all get together & work on our projects w/ encouragement from each other. With some presentations like "best practices in the arhcives" or "really you don't have to keep 100 tabs open, downloading your work for later reference."

@shipwreckspod.bsky.social listened to the one on the Halifax Explosion on the way home from court (may be a relisten). Now I want those deck logs on the USS ships that went to help. Not digitized yet.

It's that time... Put your turkey in the fridge to defrost! Now. You're welcome!

National Zoo is gonna have a baby elephant. Okay, one of the elephants is going to have a baby. I bet it will be adorable and cute, and lovely and LARGE. wtop.com/dc/2025/11/n...

Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays: Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink. If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business. Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.

Don't get too cocky Rams. The Eagles were up 21-0 in the 2nd quarter too.

I am going to tell you a very important secret. You can just not celebrate holidays if you don’t want to. You can skip them for any reason that feels right to you or no reason at all. You won’t go to jail; the world won’t end. It’s fine.